Powys SPACE Team Lead - Children, Young People and Families, Early Help
Job description
About the role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead a new Single Point of Access (SPOA) in Powys. The Team Lead will be responsible for the development and operational management of the new Single Point of Access (SPOA) for children, young people, and families requiring early help and emotional wellbeing support in Powys. This role will ensure that children and families receive the right support, at the right time, from the
right professional, through effective multi-agency collaboration and integrated working.
About you:
• You are a qualified Social Worker
• Proven experience in Early Intervention and prevention
• Extensive experience of working with children, young people and families to prevent escalation
• Extensive experience of building and managing successful multi-agency,
working partnerships
• Experience of managing partnership processes, conversations and
creating positive change
• Excellent leadership and motivational skills that encourage commitment
from others.
• Excellent ICT skills, ability to draft well produced reports and use a range
of ICT applications and tools.
What you will do:
We are seeking a highly motivated individual who has extensive experience and a passion for working with children, young people and families at an early help and support level, to successfully manage the new SPoA process and panel, ensuring the right support at the right time.
The main responsibilities of the post are:
• To lead, manage and have operational responsibility for the successful
delivery of the new SpoA for children, young people and families in Powys.
• To ensure all referrals are received, triaged and managed appropriately, with sound decision making based on extensive experience.
• To organise and manage regular SPoA meetings, in a timely and efficient
manner ensuring that all referrals are actioned, appropriate decisions made to ensure the most appropriate support is provided.
• Manage and facilitate multi-agency, partnership discussions and decision making to ensure referrals receive the right support.
• Excellent multi-agency partnership working
• Line manage the panel Administration assistant and panel support workers and have oversight of other staff supporting the panel.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of the panel and its function to evolve in line
with changing needs.
• To have high practice standards and meet performance targets, contributing
to the learning culture of the team and wider partnership.